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Gulf of St. Lawrence : Magdalen Islands

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Great Britain. Hydrographic Office, issuing body

Publication date
Topics
Saint Lawrence, Gulf of -- Navigation -- Maps., Québec (Province) -- Navigation -- Maps., Nautical charts -- Saint Lawrence, Gulf of., Nautical charts -- Québec (Province), Canada -- Maps., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Bayfield Project, Nautical charts -- Saint Lawrence, Gulf of, Nautical charts, Saint Lawrence, Gulf of -- Navigation -- Maps, Québec (Province) -- Navigation -- Maps, Canada -- Maps, Atlantic Ocean -- Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada, Québec
Publisher
London : Published at the Admiralty
Collection
mcgilluniversity; mcgilluniversityrarebooks; toronto
Contributor
McGill University Library
Language
English
Item Size
10.4M
1 map ; 58 x 44 cm

"Published according to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, April 12th 1838"

Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings in fathoms

Mounted on linen

Legend for sandbanks, under the soundings: sand, gravel, stones, shells, sea eggs, rock

Notes on tides and best water for navigation

Lighthouses shown in red

Includes ten coastal profiles

"Price Eighteenpence"

"J & C Walker Sculpt."

"Sold by J. D. Potter, Agent for the Admiralty Charts, 31 Poultry."

Early Canadian nautical maps were referred to as "Bayfield charts" in honour of Henry Wolsey Bayfield who began in the early 1800s charting the waterways of Canada
Addeddate
2019-04-04 21:51:37
Associated-names
Collins, Philip E., surveyor; Bayfield, Henry Wolsey, 1795-1885; Potter, J. D. (John Dennett), active 1830-1892, bookseller; J. & C. Walker (Firm), engraver; Great Britain. Admiralty
Identifier
McGillLibrary-rbsc_map_bayfield-057-19163
Identifier-ark
ark:/13960/t3fz4vc3j
Note
"Published according to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, April 12th 1838"
Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings in fathoms.
Mounted on linen.
Legend for sandbanks, under the soundings: sand, gravel, stones, shells, sea eggs, rock.
Notes on tides and best water for navigation.
Lighthouses shown in red.
Includes ten coastal profiles.
"Price Eighteenpence"
"J & C Walker Sculpt."
"Sold by J. D. Potter, Agent for the Admiralty Charts, 31 Poultry."
Early Canadian nautical maps were referred to as "Bayfield charts" in honour of Henry Wolsey Bayfield who began in the early 1800s charting the waterways of Canada.
Copy in McGill Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections, Map Collection: Numbered 57 on verso of map.
Ocr
ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR)
Ppi
300
Url
http://www.library.mcgill.ca/hostedjournals/bayfield.html
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